{"id":543,"date":"2008-09-19T21:17:51","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T01:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2008-09-29T21:16:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T01:16:32","slug":"monarchs-of-the-southcoast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Monarchs of the SouthCoast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/008-840.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-554\" title=\"008-840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/008-840.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/008-840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/008-840-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Monarch Butterflies Feast on Golden Rod for Long Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September on the SouthCoast opens a window into the endless, cyclical, multigenerational migration of monarch butterflies from the Great White North to Mexico and back again.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;re told that it takes two generations each way or four generations for the complete migration cycle.\u00c2\u00a0 How fortunate we are to witness one end of this epic flight as monarchs feast on milkweed and golden rod in the coastal fields\u00c2\u00a0along Cape Cod\u00c2\u00a0and Buzzards Bay.\u00c2\u00a0 Today, as we walked the trail at Mass Audubon&#8217;s Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in Dartmouth, we came across several monarchs sipping golden nectar to garner strength for the long journey ahead.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param 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center\"><strong><em>Monarchs Preparing for Migration at Demarest Lloyd State Park (2007)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monarch Butterflies Feast on Golden Rod for Long Journey September on the SouthCoast opens a window into the endless, cyclical, multigenerational migration of monarch butterflies from the Great White North to Mexico and back again.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;re told that it takes two generations each way or four generations for the complete migration cycle.\u00c2\u00a0 How fortunate we 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